[photo-3d] twinned Olympus XA's

[Mark Shields <beamsplitter@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi!

I'm a lot more serious about this than I used to be--ready to
try twinning my XA and my XA2. I have a bar and some tripod
screws! But two different cameras? I want another XA!

The XA2 is a great camera and I have a lot of flat slides and
great yearbook prints from it (Kodak Gold Max 800).

But I really like the aperture-priority automation and focusing
with rangefinder on the XA.

I've gotten the picture that XA's can be synchronized at the
shutter release level (unreliable--can cause differences in
left-right exposures) and at the shutter electromagnet level
(great but tough--dig into the camera deeper, as described in
the Australian stereo club literature online). Is this correct?

I'm leaning toward just pressing the shutter releases at the same
time! I seldom photograph fast-moving subjects.

(And no--I'm not thinking of giving up on beamsplitters--I just
want a thin, flat stereo camera that can fit in a small briefcase
without getting injured [Olympus XA clamshell design!].)

Any thoughts would be appreciated!

Mark Shields

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